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KY' UNC tops Tigers in defensive battle BY ALEC MORRISON SPORTS EDITOR The role reversal in Sunday’s North Carolina-Clemson game was obvious, with the upstart Tigers leading the ACC and the Tar Heels dwelling near the bot tom. But UNC paid the numbers no mind and took a cue from the record books instead. The Tigers entered Chapel Hill as the No. 2 team in the country, while the Tar Heels were struggling to remain in the top 25. Clemson, 0-42 in Chapel Hill, appeared poised to turn the tables on the Tar Heels and win at North Carolina for the first time ever. But amid fans’ chants MhT basketball Clemson 48 UNC 61 of “Overrated,” a horrid shooting per formance by the Tigers and a smart, defensive-minded game from the 19th ranked Tar Heels in front of a crowd of 21,572 at the Smith Center, UNC dom inated Clemson and breathed new life into its season with a 61-48 win that was never really close. “We needed some good things to happen, and this win is certainly a good thing for us,” said UNC coach Dean Smith, whose team finishes the first half of the ACC season Wednesday at 10th ranked Duke. ”... They had (19) more possessions than we did. It’s amazing we won.” UNC played with patience and tenacity throughout, taking the lead with a 10-2 run early in the first half and never looking back. Tar Heel forward Antawn Jamison hounded the Tigers relentlessly, scoring 22 points and grab bing seven rebounds with an array of quick moves that left Clemson helpless in the paint. UNC attempted just 13 first-half field goals and 32 overall but turned in its best shooting performance of the ACC season at 56 percent. Clemson, mean while, put up 66 shots and hit just 18. “We didn’t want to take many bad shots,” said UNC forward Vince Carter, who shot 2 for 3 from the floor. “I know personally a couple of times, we had a break, and I felt we had to slow it down, get good shots. Maybe get the big men in foul trouble, which we did.” And though the Tigers won the battle on the boards, they never made a run to turn the game around. UNC grabbed a series of key rebounds off Clemson misses down the See MEN’S BASKETBALL, Page 9 Tar Heel grapplers drop UVa. to claim driver’s seat in ACC BY JOHN SWEENEY STAFF WRITER Conditioning is key in any sport, but maybe more so in wrestling, in which there are no substitutes to spell the starters and aees “To Vir 9 inia 7 cTange uffc 29 when an athlete gets tired. North Carolina’s wrestling team proved that point Saturday with a 29-7 victory over Virginia that has put the Tar SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Mfwnn'i baaketbal at Virginia. Chariottesvttß.Vb.TßA WEDNESDAY *Man's basketball at Duke, Durham. 1 9 pm. Men’s tennis vs. Davidson, Cone- Kenfield Tennis Center, 2:30 p.m. THURSDAY Women's baalatbal at Georgia lech. Atart *’ 7pm FRIDAY I Women's tennis vs. Kentucky, Cone- I Kenfield Tennis Center, 2pm WRESTLING Page 7 Raging bull Tar Heel wrestler Jason LaMotta (left) upended Virginia's Jason Mutarelli in the 134-pound matchup during UNC's 29-7 victory over the Cavaliers on Saturday. LaMotta. grandson of boxer Jake LaMotta, had fallen twice to Mutarelli during the season, but turned the tables on the UVa. senior for a 3-2 win. § jyp * % %' v.•.'B.'^r-**■*■; • . wKßff \ ' ... DTH/BRAD SMITH UNC forward Antawn Jamison looks to pass Sunday during the Tar Heels' 6148 win over No. 2 Clemson. Jamison scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the victory. Heels in the driver’s seat for the ACC championship. But the lopsided score doesn’t tell the whole story of a meet that came down to which team could last the longest. “We won some close matches,” UNC coach Bill Lam said. “The meet was a lot closer than the score, but I thought we were in better shape. I thought we out-fought them.” Virginia coach Lenny Bernstein, a former UNC All-American, said the Tar Heels’ superior conditioning was most visible near the end of the individual SATURDAY Wan'a baaketbal vs. Middle Tennessee State, Smith Center, 4 pm Women'* tennis vs. Tennessee, Cone Kenfield Tennis Center. 10 am Wmetfing vs. Maryland, Carmichael Auditorium, 3 pm Swimming and sfiving vs. Maryland, Koury Natatorium TBA Fencing In Brandeis Duals, Waltham. Mass. All day SUNDAY Women's basketball at Wake Forest. Winston-Salem. 2 pm Wreetfing vs. Citadel. Carmichael Auditorium, 3 p.m. Indoor track in ACC-SEC Challenge. Gainesville, Fla. All day Fencing in Brandeis Duals, Waltham Mass. AH day Men's tennis vs. Notre Dame, Richmond, Va. 1 pm SPORTS MONDAY <Djf Daily ®ar Heri UNC heavyweight JUSTIN HARTY pinned UVa.’s Jason Majestic in the first period. matches, when the Cavaliers began to tire. “I thought they out-fought us in the third period in a few of those matches that did n’t go our way,” he said. The meet start ed off on a high note for the Tar Heels, with fresh man Chuckie Connor’s 11-2 decision over Dave Takseraas in the 118-pound divi sion. But sophomore Frank Nocito fol lowed up that performance with a one point loss to Virginia’s Steve Garland at 126 pounds. The Tar Heels began to step up head ing into the middle weights, where Lam said he expected the roughest going. Sophomore Jason LaMotta scored a 3- 2 upset victory over Jason Mutarelli at 134 pounds, followed by senior 142- pounder Khalil Abdul-Malik’s 174 thrashing of Adrian Miles. After a loss at 150 pounds, though, the Tar Heels took over with wins by freshman Tom Bogan in overtime at 158 pounds and senior Jason Driggers at 167 pounds. Those two matches, combined with LaMotta’s upset win, made the differ ence for UNC. "Really, we won three matches, one in overtime and two by one point,” Lam said. “At 134, they’ve beat us before; we ended up winning by one point. At 158 <\:4tkkftEUF .... m.\ a ... b i ar WrA. Bwfetk. J&f- j DTH/BRAD SMITH North Carolina's Frank Nocito wrestles with Virginia's Steve Garland during the Tar Heels' 29-7 win Saturday. Garland defeated Nocito by one point in the 126-pound division we won in overtime. At 167, they’ve beat us before; we won by one point. “If those three go the other way, (the score) is real tight” Bernstein said after the meet that he had been counting on winning at least a few of those middle weight matches in order for his team to be victorious. “There were so many matches that were close, but none of them went our way tonight,” he said. Senior Louis Pelsang put the match out of the Cavs’ reach with a 9-6 win at 177 pounds, followed by another over time win for Scott Stay at 190 pounds. Senior All-American Justin Harty, NCAA men's basketball scores N.C. State ... .53 Ga. T*ch ... .54 Duke 70 Maryland .. .74 Florida State . .58 Wake 61 UCLA 71 Louisvilla ...74 Kanaaa 77 Colorado 68 Villanova ...84 Boston Coll 66 Texas Tech 61 lowa State ..64 Oregon 66 Arizona 88 Tar Heels get near-perfect game from AJ BY JOSEPH ROUSON ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR The thought kept coming back to Antawn Jamison, creeping up from the back of his mind. Not another letdown. North Carolina’s sophomore forward had been there too many times. He and the 19th-ranked Tar Heels would grab a lead, only to watch it evaporate before their eyes. And with UNC up 31-25 early in the second half against Clemson on Sunday, the thought snuck up again. The Tar Heels had watched a carefully crafted nine point lead over the No. 2 Tigers quickly drop to six. But before the momentum swung away from UNC, Jamison decided to take action. He gathered in the ball, went to the basket and kissed in a layup as Clemson’s Harold Jamison swiped at him. Once AJ drained the free throw, it was clear this time, there would be no letdown. Sure enough, UNC held on to win 6148 at the Smith Center, thanks in great part to Jamison’s dominance. When the Tar Heels needed a lift, AJ was there witness the 3-point play. When Clemson pounded it inside, he forced the Tigers’ big men to hurry or alter shots. “You can look at his points, but it’s all the little things he does,” UNC for ward Ademola Okulaja said. “He was everywhere.” On a day when defense took preem inence, Jamison stole the spotlight with 22 points and seven boards. More importantly, Clemson never overcame the AJ factor. “He’s just relentless the whole time,” Clemson center Tom Wideman said. “It’s tough to contain a player like that. ” While Clemson couldn’t contain Jamison, AJ & Cos. bottled the Tiger attack. Clemson had only 16 points at half, and no Tiger except forward Greg Buckner managed much success against the UNC’D.’ With Antawn Jamison flying around See JAMISON, Page 9 currently ranked No. 5 in the country, put the icing on the cake, pinning Jason Majestic in the first period of his bout. The victory was Harty’s first since dropping two matches at the National Duals in Lincoln, Neb., on Jan. 18-19. “The two losses were to people who were really good and they were close matches," Lam said. “I was glad to see (Harty) get the pin, but I wasn’t too wor ried about the losses.” The 22-point margin over the Cavaliers -a team many expected to challenge for the ACC tournament crown - was something of a surprise for Lam. Indiana 70 Penn State .. .55 Missouri 74 Taxaa 78 Marquette . .61 DePaul 49 Michigan .. .74 Michigan St. . .61 Duqueane .. .78 Xavier 70 Kentucky .. .83 Arkansas 73 Purdue 68 Minnaaota ..91 Cincinnati . .100 Southern Cal . .81 Monday, January 27, 1997 Green Bay recaptures NFL glory ■ The Packers defeated New England to win their first Super Bowl since 1967. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW ORLEANS —The Green Bay Packers finally have a present to go with their past. The 35-21 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday hardly brought back memories of Vince Lombardi’s grind-it-out champions of the’6os. Instead, it was a high-powered Pack doing it with big plays, especially by MVP Desmond Howard that returned Green Bay to NFL promi nence and put the title back in “Titletown, USA.” “I think it’s time that the Lombardi Trophy goes home to Lambeau Field, where it belongs,” Packers pres ident Robert Harlan said. Soper Bowl XXXI Green Bay ... .35 New England 21 It was Brett Favre finding the duck walking Andre Rison for a 54-yard touchdown on the Packers’ second offensive play, then throwing an 81-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Freeman in the first minute of the second quarter. That score put Green Bay ahead for good. It was Howard scoring on a 99-yard kickoff return then striking an abbrevi ated Heisman pose in the end zone, a dagger in the heart of the Patriots, who had closed to within 27-21 of the Packers. Howard, the first special teams play er ever to win MVP, finished with a record 244 return yards. The win was the 13 th straight for an NFC team and kept Bill Parcells, who had two of those 13 with the Giants in 1986 and 1990, from becoming the first coach to win a Super Bowl with two dif ferent franchises. Instead, the Packers won the trophy named for their storied coach. It was Lombardi’s teams that won the first two Super Bowls. “Vince Lombardi had a wonderful legacy for the rest of us, Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren said. “Now we’re just trying to do our part, and we hope we can do it for a long time to come.” But with three more league meets and the ACC tournament remaining on the schedule, he wasn’t making any predic tions. “The most important time to be ready is at the end of the year, for ACCs and nationals,” he said. “All of our ACC matches are impor tant.” Bernstein, for his part, was confident that the team the Tar Heels saw Saturday was not the one they would see at tournament time. “We’re a lot better of a team than this,” he said. “Come ACCs, I think it’ll show.” 12
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